A Shawnee County District Court judge on Monday gave a defendant charged with murder and his defense attorney four days to talk over whether he wants the attorney to withdraw from his case.

Defendant Troy Allen Robinson, 25, of Topeka, next will appear in court Friday. As of Monday, Robinson's trial is to start June 23.

Robinson is charged with felony first-degree murder in the slaying on Dec. 18, 2012, of Oma "Shannon" Bennett, 43, and aggravated burglary.

Robinson had submitted a written request to District Court Judge Nancy Parrish asking defense attorney Julia Spainhour to withdraw from the case.

Spainhour told Parrish on Monday she wanted to talk to her client about some information she had just received in the case. Spainhour didn't specify what the information was.

Spainhour is at least the second attorney appointed to represent Robinson. Spainhour had replaced an earlier attorney who learned she had a conflict of interest and had to get off the case.

Bennett was pronounced dead shortly after 9:40 p.m. Dec. 18, 2012, after officers arrived at 2130 S.E. Pioneer Way, an apartment complex near S.E. 21st and Adams, police said. The location is a unit in the Pioneer Adams II development.

In December, police said Robinson told his mother he had stabbed a woman in an apartment at the Pioneer Way address.

The call initially came out as a report of a stabbing in the 300 block of N.W. Grant in North Topeka. But officers quickly were redirected to the Pioneer Way address, where they found the deceased woman.

Other officers returned to the 300 block of N.W. Grant in connection with the death, and Robinson was found there.

Robinson's criminal history included two possession of tobacco convictions when he was a juvenile, a property crime handled in Topeka Municipal Court, and two other offenses in Topeka Municipal Court.

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